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Counting models of genus one curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2011

MOHAMMAD SADEK
MOHAMMAD SADEK*
Affiliation:
DPMMS, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB. e-mail: m.sadek@cantab.net
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Abstract

Let C be a soluble smooth genus one curve over a Henselian discrete valuation field. There is a unique minimal Weierstrass equation defining C up to isomorphism. In this paper we consider genus one equations of degree n defining C, namely a (generalised) binary quartic when n = 2, a ternary cubic when n = 3 and a pair of quaternary quadrics when n = 4. In general, minimal genus one equations of degree n are not unique up to isomorphism. We explain how the number of these equations varies according to the Kodaira symbol of the Jacobian of C. Then we count these equations up to isomorphism over a number field of class number 1.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 150 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 399 - 417
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2011

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